Morocco and the farce of the normalisation with Algeria

To mark the 12th anniversary of his ascended the throne, King Mohammed VI has not failed to raise in his speech to the nation on the occasion to express his wishes for the opening of borders between Algeria and Morocco. Better yet, the king wants a normalization of relations between the two countries.

“We want to the beginning of a new dynamic open to the settlement of all outstanding issues as a prelude to a normalization Total bilateral relations, including the reopening of land borders, “stated Mohammed VI.

In a report sent to the White House and revealed by Wikileaks, the CIA expressed its concerns about the possibility that the Morocco makes recourse to war against the Polisario Front and Algeria to undermine the principles of self-determination and decolonization advocated by the UN.

Other sources assert that the continuing protests of the Movement February 20 could lead the Moroccan government to ignite the Western Sahara conflict to stop the mobilization of the Moroccan people by directing the eyes of one crisis to the Sahrawi instead of the crisis of the Royal Morocco. A credible argument too much considering that the late King Hassan II had used the invasion of Western Sahara to create a political consensus around his throne threatened by several coup attempts.

Starting these realities, it becomes difficult to believe in the good faith of the authorities in Morocco when requesting the reopening of borders and the normalization of relations with the neighboring country. Indeed, what credit should be given to an invitation, of course officially, while in parallel Morocco, through its media, continues to campaign against Algeria for the simple reason that this country supports a just cause? For whatever think Rabat, the decolonization of Western Sahara is not a casus belli between Algeria and Morocco. It is the sole responsibility of the United Nations and the Security Council.

Regarding UMA, it is necessary to ask whether the member countries are willing to endorse the building of “a Maghreb where some win and others lose. ” A Maghreb that some will build on the backs of some. An event inadmissible for Algiers. But it is likely that this view could not appeal in Rabat, even if the logic that Morocco wanted to take the time to dwell and meditate. But Rabat is too busy with his blindness, he would impose on others their own concept of the regional area in which it operates with other people – including one to whom the Mekhzen denied the right to exist under the pretext of the Moroccan the territory in which he lives. Thus, the desire to Rabat to open a new page in relations between the two countries and normalizing bilateral relations between Algeria pragmatism that results from a thorough knowledge of the geopolitics of the region.

Formula that Morocco’s request, no one is able to forbid him. It attempts to exploit other purposes the principled position of Algeria on the Western Sahara issue is fair, although international law is there to show who is right and wrong on this issue said . But the Moroccan people will not be wrong forever. The Moroccan Spring is here to prove it. This means therefore that Rabat should review its policy prior to restate its offer.